Turkey Is Not a Peaceful Place
Turkey recently ranked 115 out of 140 countries on the Global Peace Index (GPI), which measures the relative peacefulness of nations and regions around the globe. Turkey’s overall peace score was below that of Libya, Cuba, Syria, Jamaica, and Iran.
The GPI forms part of the Institute for Economics and Peace. The report is written in cooperation with the Economist Intelligence Unit, a part of the Economist Group. (click here for the full GPI report)
A sampling of the report is below. It contains a variety of data that went into the GPI analysis. (Peace Index scores from 1 to 5 where 1 = most peaceful.)
Level of distrust in other citizens: 3
Level of violent crime:3
Respect for human rights: 4
Hostility to foreigners/private property: 4
Importance of religion in national life: 4
Willingness to fight: 4
Political Culture: Qualitative assessment of the degree of societal consensus and cohesion to underpin a stable, functioning democracy; score the level of separation of church and state. Ranked 1- 10 (very low to very high): 5
Corruption perceptions (10 is very clean, 1 is highly corrupt): 4.1
Civil liberties (ranked 1-10): 5
Life expectancy: 71.3
Education Spending (% of GDP): 4%
Infant mortality per 1000 live births: 26
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